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[Win32] Get pointer to a top menu item?

xytor · 2010-10-10T19:29:14

Is there a function that gives me a pointer to an item on the top menu? For example, "File" or "Edit".

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Started by xytor October 10, 2010 01:55 PM

13 comments, last by Flimflam 13 years, 6 months ago

xytor

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October 10, 2010 04:06 PM

Quote:Original post by Erik Rufelt
Many menu functions have flags where you can specify MF_BYPOSITION to give it the index of the menu-item instead of the ID.

Hmm, I don't know if that applies here. I finally hacked it into working by doing this:
EnableMenuItem(GetMenu(hWnd),(unsigned int)(unsigned __int64)GetSubMenu(GetMenu(hWnd),3),MF_GRAYED);

I wonder if that is bad... lol

SiCrane

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October 10, 2010 04:16 PM

Just use 3 for the uIDEnableItem and use MF_BYPOSITION | MF_GRAYED for uEnable.

ApochPiQ

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October 10, 2010 04:45 PM

EnableMenuItem() supports MF_BYPOSITION. You should really consult the documentation rather than just hacking blindly and hoping things will work; your solution is highly unportable and liable to crash in certain circumstances.

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xytor

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October 10, 2010 05:30 PM

OOOH ok, now I understand. Thank you all very much!

By the way, I was using msdn, but it's kind of hard to find anything if you don't know what you're looking for. For example, this is what it showed me first: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa984351(VS.71).aspx

Flimflam

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October 10, 2010 07:29 PM

Quote:Original post by xytor
OOOH ok, now I understand. Thank you all very much!

By the way, I was using msdn, but it's kind of hard to find anything if you don't know what you're looking for. For example, this is what it showed me first: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa984351(VS.71).aspx

Keep in mind that says Windows Forms on that page. You're trying to do it in pure Win32.

Windows Forms is the managed framework designed around Win32 for writing .NET applications.

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